Automatic generation of MedDRA terms groupings using an ontology

Studies in Health Technology and Informatics

Volumn 180, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-77

  Declerck, Gunnar ^a   Bousquet, Cédric ^a,b   Jaulent, Marie Christine ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b Department of Public Health   (France)

Author keywords

Knowledge engineering; MedDRA terminology; Ontology; Pharmacovigilance; Semantic reasoning; SMQ

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SEMANTICS;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTIONS; AUTOMATIC GENERATION; AUTOMATIC METHOD; EUROPEAN PROJECT; EVALUATION METHODOLOGIES; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; SEMANTIC REASONING;

ONTOLOGY;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG TOXICITY; EUROPE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; MANDATORY REPORTING; NOMENCLATURE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REGISTER;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION REPORTING SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG TOXICITY; EUROPE; HUMANS; MANDATORY REPORTING; PHARMACOVIGILANCE; REGISTRIES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84872528219     PISSN: 09269630     EISSN: 18798365     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.3233/978-1-61499-101-4-73     Document Type: Conference Paper

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